Status of the Agreement, of the annexed UN Regulations and of amendments thereto, including contact points for testing services and type approval authorities.

Draft text for a revised and updated 1958 Agreement pursuant to the project to establish an international whole vehicle type approval system.

List of the proposals for UN Regulations (new and existing) adopted at the November WP.29 session and the status of their entry into force as of 3 December 2013.

Progress report on the revision to the 1958 Agreement to enable the International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

This informal document builds on informal document WP.29-159-19 (submitted by the Chair of IWVTA to WP.29 in March 2013), and complements working document WP.29/2013/134 submitted for consideration at the WP.29 November 2013 session.

It provides an update of the progress achieved within the IWVTA informal group since the submission of document WP.29/2013/134. As a result of this progress, the majority of outstanding issues have been resolved, leaving only a few issues which need further fine-tuning by the IWVTA sub-group on the review of the 1958 Agreement.

Discussion paper concerning the approval markings that might be used under the international whole vehicle type approval system in association with approval codes, numbers, or markings required by individual UN Regulations.

Document prepared by the WP.29 Secretariat reviewing 1958 Agreement procedures as they would be revised under the proposals being considered by the IWVTA 1958 Agreement subgroup.

Proposal from the IWVTA expert group for revisions to the 1958 Agreement, including text in brackets for further consideration.

UN Office of Legal Affairs responses to questions raised by the expert group preparing revisions to the 1958 Agreement concerning conditions for the delegation of voting authority to another Contracting Party and on amendment of the title of the agreement.

Updated draft version of the amended 1958 Agreement pursuant to the establishment of an International Whole Vehicle Type Approval system.

OICA presentation of views on the proposed amendments to the convention government UN Regulations and mutual recognition of type approvals.

Australian proposal to allow for a “not to apply at this time” notification rather than the current term expressing “disagreement”. Australia notes that a Contracting Party can perfectly agree with a regulation, but be unable to implement it until a date later than the UN date of “entry into force”.

Status of modifications to UN Regulations adopted during the November 2012 session of the World Forum as of 28 August 2013.

Third update (as of 27 August 2013) on the status of the proposals adopted by the World Forum at its March 2013 session

Update (as of 27 August 2013) on the status of the proposals adopted by the World Forum at its June 2013 session

Responses from the UN Office of Legal Affairs to questions posed by the International Whole Vehice Type Approval (IWVTA) informal group concerning the ramifications of possible amendments under discussion within the group.

Vehicle propulsion-system terminology definitions as of 3 May 2013, pursuant to the teleconference of the VPSD informal group of 4 April 2013.

Short list of the changes made to the “Status of the 1958 Agreement” referenced in the informal update of the document as of 9 April 2013.

Updated version of the “Status of the 1958 Agreement” as of 9 April 2013, including changes to UN Regulations and in approval authorities and testing services.

French-language notification of authority and testing services for approvals under UN Regulations 127 and 128.

Status of modifications to UN Regulations as of 7 March 2013.

Mark up of changes to the 1958 Agreement “master document” showing all adoptions of rules by Contracting Parties and listings of national approval authorities and authorized technical services for testing.

Working document in support of the effort to facilitate uniformity in the use of terms, acronyms and other specialized language in regulations.